Celebrating 12 years of Nootana
Looking Glass: Reflections of the Mind
"Looking Glass: Reflections of the Mind" unfolds the haunting journey of a queen whose life spirals after a series of traumatic events. This original production is brought to life with live Indian classical music and dance by Nootana's talented artists. As the story unfolds, our narrator guides the audience through the delicate balance between love, vengeance, and the search for support in the face of overwhelming darkness. The queen's reality shatters, and she confronts her inner demons, with her kingdom's music and dance serving as both witness and solace.
Two Shows only
7pm 9/21/2024 & 2pm 9/22/2024
Joe's Movement Emporium
Nootana is a 100% Volunteer-Driven Non Profit Organization, Based in the DC DMV
Founded in 2012, Nootana is a 100-percent volunteer run performing arts ensemble committed to fostering innovation within the Indian classical arts. We perform Indian classical music and dance by integrating music, dance, stories, perspectives, and themes from around the world and throughout our DC Metropolitan area artist community.
Sanskrit for “innovation,” Nootana plays a crucial role in influencing the arts space in the D.C. area by increasing the exposure of South Asian culture to residents. Our mission is to build a cultural exchange in the D.C. metropolitan area through performance, education, and outreach.
Notably, in 2018, Nootana & Founder/Director Rishi Das, received NBC's "Working 4 the Community" award for their contributious to the Asian American Pacific Community of the DC Metropolitan area.
With more than 60 professionals, graduate students, and artists that help run the administrative, performance, and outreach efforts of the organization, Nootana is able to foster a community of artists that ontinue to enrich, educate, and empower the DC area with new stories, perspectives, and performances of the Indian Classical arts.